How did a story written in Hebrew around about 1000+- years before Christ...

[danman]

...introduce the Devil and Angels? If the early Hebrew religion scribes had not preserved that story, would modern man have a completely different view of God, angels, sons of god, and where man originated?
@ For Micheal.....take your pick, but understand not one scholar goes any further back than 1446BC

Traditional Religious View Torah composed between 1446 BC and 1406 BC, with the remaining books composed between 1400 BC to 400 BC.

Documentary hypothesis Four independent documents (the Jahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomist and the Priestly source), composed between 900-550 BC, redacted c 450 BC, possibly by Ezra

Supplementary models (e.g. John Van Seters) Torah composed as a series of authorial expansions of an original source document, usually identified as J or P, largely during the 7th and 6th centuries BC, final form achieved c. 450 BC.

Fragmentary models (e.g. Rolf Rendtorff, Erhard Blum) Torah the product of the slow accretion of fragmentary traditions, (no documents), over period 850-550 BC, final form c. 450 BC.

Biblical minimalism Torah composed in Hellenistic-Hasmonean period, c. 300-140 BC.

@ "Christianity's ideas of angels don't come from Judaism either." The concept of angels as relates to how Christianity views them, did in fact originate from the Torah. If you have evidence to the contrary please explain. There is more angelic activity in the first 4 or 5 books of the bible than all the rest combined.

 

[seeker of Holy God]

the devil and angels exist in hebrew text long before that

moses wrote down what god told him about 2500 years before christ

 

[SARAHBBRIGHT]

Not 100 +- before, of what Scripture you speak? Do you realize 1) ) that on part of day 4 (not 1) sun was created so earth did NOT revolve in 24 hours on day 1 2 3 4(part fo) because there was not any sun to revolve 24 hours on! Plus on day 6 Bible states not how long Adam . . .so no 24 hours, so EASY TO BELIEVE< Jesus also did not always turn the other cheek, so this is the perfect thing, Christianity, perfect world, DON"T RUIN IT!

Pillars can hold a sphere/oval/shape, since they can be with a semi-circular(non rectangular/squerical) at the end!


4 corners of the earth=> four ends of the earth (to the ends of the earth) is one interpretation.

 

[Schmoolie]

Your theory is plausable but don't discount the power of oral tradition. Even if theese stories had not been written down they would most certainly have been passed down through oral tradition.

 

[Sage Crai]

<Insert something true and backed up by facts that will just get thumbed down anyway>

 

[nahga kihri]

modern man does have completely differnt views of spirits , angels, demons and gods. all the countless thousands of them.

 

[Faustus Razor]

All ancient myths share those characteristics.

 

[Boz]

The truth is the truth - just because someone can't grasp it because they don't

believe it doesn't change anything.